The Defense Minister who recently blamed the American government for being responsible for the precarious plight of Liberian soldiers apparently bit his tongue yesterday when he took personal responsibility for what he says is happening to the army.
"I take full responsibility of the plight of the army," Minister Brownie Samukai told this paper yesterday in an exclusive interview shortly after the newspaper carried a a banner story captioned "Who Messes Up Soldiers?" The New Democrat quoted the Minister as blaming the Americans for leaving the Armed Forces of Liberia completely disorganized with trained and skilful men and women of the nation's defence force placed in areas that they were unskilled.
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